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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, NAL 1930
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XI e -XII e siècle
    Language
    latin
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 86
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Fleury Abbey, 9th century, c. 850
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - (ff. 91v-116r) Poems from the Anthologia Latina and from Martial's epigrammata. - (ff. 116r-144v)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 335
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Part 1: Low Countries, northern part ; Holland, 15th century, first half - Part 2: Low Countries, northern part ; Holland ; Amsterdam?, 15th century, c. 1440-1445
    Language
    Dutch
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:489936Description (BNM 451): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1906950Also
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 83437
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1790, June 12
    Language
    Spanish [spa]
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    • mapping work, and future plans.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 409
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, end; 15th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Author portrait with added Venetian late 15th century border with coats of arms of Bolani and Marcello
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 22
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The individual chapters are introduced by initiales in red and brown-black ink; in comparison to the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 37.15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1733
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Red goatskin, decorated with elaborate gold tooling with border of dentelle design and characteristic
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 76 B
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (Gumbert 2009): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419Also
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 342 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries?, 14th century, mid
    Language
    Latin
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    • Two-voice anonymous motet (motetus and tenor). - (fol. 2r) "... causam (?) te virgo dominus".
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    London. British Library, Add MS 31031
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Decoration:At the opening of each part: a decorated initial with zoomorphic motifs in green, brown and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 69
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    viii-ix - 0700 - 0899
    Language
    lat, Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • containing Gregory the Great's Forty Homilies on the Gospels, was written in Insular Hybrid minuscule and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 340
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Dutch
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    • Boel, depicting the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven and hell).
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 44
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, around 780
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gall; compendium of 27 medical and pharmaceutical treatises by known and unknown authors of the 9th century
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 30
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, jrb
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Folio 98a: Pen-and-ink squares, dots and lines.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 145
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Text: end of the Song of Songs and beginning of commentary by Gregory the Great.
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 302(450)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 9th century, second third of the 9th century / 10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • A composite manuscript composed of two volumes of collected works, written during the 9th and 10th centuries
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01125
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    Late 13th cent.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • Written by one hand in red and black ink with ornamental initials in red and blue.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 127 AC
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 12th century, last quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - (ff. 97r, 99r and 100v) Parts of a glossary.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 67 D
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 9th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: ff. 1, 2 and 51 added later.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 95
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Origin unknown, 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Textual: After a prologue and overview of used sources (1ra-b), the chronicle starts with an account